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Catch up with the Flax Project – Busy times!

Hey everyone, so it’s been nearly 5 weeks since we last posted. It’s been a crazy 5 weeks and it’s not over just yet. Unfortunately we have neglected to post on the site. So here is a catch up on what myself and Carl have been up to over the last few weeks. Continue reading ‘Catch up with the Flax Project – Busy times!’

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Dublin GTUG – Hackerspaces and the formal education system

Last tuesday night myself and Carl headed up to Dublin for a few meetings, and also got to drop into Google European HQ for the Dublin Google Technologies User Group event. Arriving a little late we got into the start of the talk by Google Dev Advocate, Martin Omander about the new Google Prediction and Storage APIs. Quite an interesting talk and some pretty neat demos with the prediction API.  Continue reading ‘Dublin GTUG – Hackerspaces and the formal education system’

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Catch up with the Flax Project

Phew, I have to take a breath or two before I get into this article. The last month and a half has been a whirlwind of exciting events, opportunities and work.

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Dublin Web Summit 2011

Last Friday, myself and the rest of the Flax team (Carl Lange and James Kelly) headed up to the largest tech start-up conference in Ireland & the UK, the Dublin Web Summit. The event attracted over 1000 people from around the world, with many great speakers like Marcus Segal from Zynga Continue reading ‘Dublin Web Summit 2011′

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Guest Blog: The Weather Factory, Dare To Be Digital 2011 Part 2

When last we saw our heroes… (Guest Blog: The Weather Factory, Dare To Be Digital 2011 Part 2 ) We had no Northern Irish team member and no application document with the application deadline looming. Continue reading ‘Guest Blog: The Weather Factory, Dare To Be Digital 2011 Part 2′